nainan me barsaat man me kaajal kaali raat
nainan me barsaat man me kaajal kaali raat
andhkar hi andhkar hai diwas rain ban jaat
andhkar hi andhkar hai diwas rain ban jaat
nainan me barsaat man me kaajal kaali raat

preet karu ya reet nibhau
preet karu ya reet nibhau
man ki sunu ya tan ki
maati ki mala dekhu ya shobha man madhuban ki
shobha man madhuban ki
prano ka hansa vyakul hai
birha saha nahi jaat
prano ka hansa vyakul hai
birha saha nahi jaat
nainan me barsaat man me kaajal kaali raat

ek aur dekhenge naate alakh dusri aur
ankhiya chandra chakor bani hai
chanda nand kishore
chanda nand kishore
asuan me jharte angare
dukh nahi nain samaat
asuan me jharte angare
dukh nahi nain samaat
nainan me barsaat man me kaajal kaali raat

In eyes, a storm of tears, in heart, kohl's dark night,
In eyes, a storm of tears, in heart, kohl's dark night,
Only shadows, unending, day and night take flight,
Only shadows, unending, day and night take flight,
In eyes, a storm of tears, in heart, kohl's dark night.

Shall I love, or duty's call obey?
Shall I love, or duty's call obey?
Listen to the heart, or body's sway?
Behold the earthen beads, or mind's sweet bay?
The mind's sweet bay.
The soul-swan aches, distressed within,
Separation's pain, it cannot bear, this sin.
The soul-swan aches, distressed within,
Separation's pain, it cannot bear, this sin.
In eyes, a storm of tears, in heart, kohl's dark night.

One sees a bond, the other, a distant shore,
My eyes, like moon-birds yearn, forevermore,
For the moon, the divine, the youthful lore,
For the moon, the divine, the youthful lore.
Burning embers fall in tears untold,
The eye can't contain the sorrow, so cold.
Burning embers fall in tears untold,
The eye can't contain the sorrow, so cold.
In eyes, a storm of tears, in heart, kohl's dark night.